title: Implications and management of suction loss during refractive lenticule extraction (ReLEx).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a case in which the ReLEx procedure was abandoned following suction loss on two occasions due to an uncooperative patient.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report with anterior segment optical coherence tomography and aberrometry changes before and after surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Lamellar haze was present but diminished in the early postoperative period. The patient successfully underwent a femtosecond LASIK procedure in the same eye 2 months later.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case demonstrates the possibility of performing femtosecond LASIK after failed ReLEx, with good visual outcomes.
authors.affiliation: L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderbad, India.
authors.forename: Ratnesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Pravin Krishna
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Vaddavalli
mesh_terms: D057128:Aberrometry; D000293:Adolescent; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D054023:Lasers, Semiconductor; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013396:Suction; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology